The day before a wildfire tore through Enterprise, residents were celebrating at a jamboree with music, food and crafts that drew hundreds of people. Residents of Enterprise, plus the communities of Hay River and the Kátł’odeeche First Nation to the north, were forced to flee as the wildfire rapidly approached. Photo: Bruce GudeitFormer Hay River mayor Brad Mapes, who owns an industrial property outside Enterprise that includes a rail yard, said the fire went through his land. Smoke plumes from fires across the Hay River and Enterprise region on August 30. Where the Enterprise wildfire burned, for example, Westwick said there was no recent fire history.
